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Supply chain is the slowest-moving sector we track — bet on capital, not on velocity.
Scope: Procurement, logistics orchestration, freight, warehouse software, customs/trade compliance, B2B marketplaces, supplier risk.
Cost-to-build
58/100
Building is not what's expensive; integrating with legacy ERPs, EDI, and 1970s-era trade systems is.
Deal-velocity
34/100
Long fuse — deals close, but not on the same calendar as the rest of the site. Resolution is monthly, not weekly.
Live signal: 1 supply chain startups currently tracked for Q2 2026. See the roster →
Where Supply Chain lands
Build
Build it yourself
Fund
Write the cheque
Avoid
Reroute the energy
Wait
Wait or partner
High cost-to-build, low deal-velocity. Capital-trap territory — stand down, partner with an incumbent, or stage cheques against milestones instead of announcements.
The honest version
Engineering-acceleration windows in supply chain are the longest on the site — 18–24 weeks is normal. The cost-to-build is mid-range but the procurement cycle is long, the buyers are conservative, and the data-quality work nobody talks about pre-consumes years. The honest quadrant placement is wait-or-partner.
If you are building
Fits when: You have operating experience inside logistics or procurement and you can land a paid pilot through your network in under a quarter.
If you are funding
Fits when: You have patient capital and you can ignore engineering-acceleration spikes that do not translate into revenue for 9 months.
Because the buyer is slow and the integrations are calendar-driven. Engineering acceleration shows up months before procurement clears, which is also months before revenue.
Modern-stack adjacent plays (Slack-native ops, embedded-finance for SMB freight) close on conventional venture calendars. Treat them as supply-chain by topic but not by velocity.
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Every sector we track lives somewhere on the 2×2 — the index page groups all 20 verdicts in one place.